Messeo vs Telq
A factual comparison of Messeo and Telq: price, whether tests expire, free tests, and what each result shows. Telq's figures are from its own site.
Telq and Messeo both test whether an SMS reached a real handset. This page compares what each one publishes about price, expiry, free tests and the result. Telq's figures are theirs, from the pages linked below.
| Messeo | Telq | |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | The countries and networks Messeo can test right now are listed on the coverage page. That list moves as suppliers change it. | Telq's homepage states 180+ countries, 1,500+ networks and 12,000+ test numbers. |
| Price of a test | Priced in EUR per credit. One test on a Messeo number costs 1 credit. The price per credit is on each plan. | Priced in EUR per test. Telq's pricing page lists prepaid tests from €0.35 to €0.60, and postpaid at €0.30 a test for teams running 1,000 or more tests a month. |
| Do paid tests expire? | Credits you buy do not expire. | Telq offers credits that do not expire, and a lower price for credits that expire after one month. Its FAQ says non-expiring prepaid credits need at least one test every six months. |
| Free tests | An approved account gets 5 free tests per month, used on tests to Messeo numbers. | A new account gets 25 free tests, valid for 30 days. |
| Your own numbers | A test to a number you supply is free. It does not use a credit or a monthly free test. | Telq's pricing page prices each test. It does not state a separate free rate for numbers you supply. |
| How a test is sent | Connect a vendor over HTTP/HTTPS or SMPP, or use Manual Testing. You can schedule hourly, daily, weekly or monthly, at a minute you choose or at a random minute. | You send from your own platform or over SMPP. Telq publishes a REST API and a scheduler. A test ID is placed in the message so the receipt can be matched. |
| What the result shows | Whether the handset got the message, the sender ID and text it saw, and an AI reading of the result. An AI response costs 0.1 credit. | Delivery on a real handset, the sender ID and content received, and a comparison with the supplier's delivery report. Telq states that a mismatch is a fake DLR. Its feature list includes RCS detection. |
| Sharing a result | A read-only link, valid for 48 hours, with no login. Results are not white-labelled. | Telq's pricing, FAQ and features pages do not describe a no-login share link or white-label results. |